​HOUSE TEAMS
There are six houses under the names of composers - Vivaldi, Beethoven, Chopin, Kabalevsky, Gershwin and Bailey. These composers are from the - Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Modern, Jazz,  and contemprorary periods / era. The 63 students in 6 houses will compete for the most points collected in the year.  The house captains are the most senior in the house and possess at least two or more of the following qualities:
§                                 Disciplined with good practice habits.

§                                 Organised and prepared for weekly lessons.

§                                 Takes own initiative in learning different pieces other than the exam pieces.

§                                 Good sight-reading skills.

§                                 Consistently completes music craft homework.

§                                 Good aural skills.

§                                 Music composition skills.

§                                 Good general knowledge skills.

Rules And Regulations
Points given for:
·         Home practice – one point for every 15 minutes of practice. Please keep a record of the amount of practice in an exercise book and I will keep an update weekly.  I will know if anyone is just making up the time because there must be improvement.

·         Music craft / theory homework – 5 points for weekly homework done.

·         General knowledge researched – 5 points for filling in each question sheet.

·         Progress point  - 10 points. For example, if you could now curve your thumb or fifth finger, or play a trill smoothly, or Russian scale for E flat Major,  which you could not before, then you have earned a progress point.

·         Initiative  – 5 points. Begin learning ahead the next page in the lesson book, or begin learning the next exam piece or scale on  your own.

·         Incentive  - Learn a music piece other than your 3 or 5 exam pieces on your own – 20 points.

·         Every 2 new pages learned in Hanon2 technical work – 10 points.

·         Outstanding student  – 50 points. Obtained the Outstanding student award in Technical work or Music pieces.

·         Bonus point – 30 points. Participation (with preparation) for Recital, Performance workshop, Junior Music Festival.

·         And bonus of 50 points for achieving both Outstanding award in Technical work and Music pieces.

·         Achievement  - AMEB exam results (practical, music craft), performance workshop result, competition, test, etc. Pass (C or C+) – 20 points, Credit (B or B+) – 40 points, Honours (A) – 60 points, High Distinction (A+) 100 pts.

·         5 points given for each “excellent” circled in the piano assessment progress report.

Points deducted  for:
§                     1.        No practice at all in the week – 10 points.

§                     2.        Attending lesson without books – 10 points.

§                     3.        Forget to attend a lesson or Late attendance (10 minutes) or Late Notice for absence – 10 points.

§                     4.        Music craft homework not done or general knowledge not researched – 10 points.

§                     5.        Attending Music craft lesson or test without pencils and eraser – 10 points.

§                     6.        Failing a music craft / theory test – 20 points.

§                     7.        No improvement in two weeks consecutively – 10 points.

§                     8.        Lost technique or fluency – 10 points.  For example, in your current exam syllabus, if you have already achieved fluency in a particular scale or exam piece but have now lost fluency in it, then you have also lost points.

Reward For The Winning House
The winning house will all be invited to a party with a nice hot meal and lollies in the third week of January before the first term of the year begins.  There will be a special award / trophy given to the biggest contributor to the winning house and he or she will automatically be the next house captain.
We are allowed to let our hair down on this fun and rewarding day.  The house captain will perform a piece from the composer their house belongs to and the winner (largest contributor) will perform a piece (any).
We will bring our CD's and put on any style of music from any era, even soft, medium or full on hard rock.  The only type of music prohibited are "gangster rap and death metal", due to the language used and the depressing mood that sets in.